Definition from Google. noun:
the avoidance, often considered as taken to extremes, of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.
A simple example: If Laura, Kate and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate and Sarah. If Mike, Dave and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba and Wildman. Is this offensive to the men doing the nicknaming? Is it offensive to others who might hear them? Does it matter?
A more complex example: As reported in the media, in a memo to students sent out by West Virginia University (WVU), Title IX coordinator James Goins, Jr. declares that anyone who refuses to use a person’s preferred transgender pronouns is breaking federal law!
A political example: Robert Litan, a Democrat, was fired from his left leaning think tank after delivering testimony against an Elizabeth Warren-backed Labor Department plan to regulate financial advisers. Half of House Democrats and virtually all Republicans in Congress oppose the plan because of its costs. Instead of rebutting his argument, Ms. Warren decided to punish it, he was fired from his think tank.
One ridiculous example: Princeton University’s ‘Men’s Engagement Manager’, to rehabilitate men that are too masculine.
Obviously there are many more, even more dramatic, examples of political correctness gone wild in our culture today.
Political correctness can be best described as the opposite of or the enemy of truth.

Welcome to a 'Progressive' World

8/28/18

from The Gray Area:

8/28/18:

To many Americans, the Progressive utopia espoused by the media, hollywood elites and the Democrat Party, defies logic, is an oxymoron, and a falsehood. This story confirms how ridiculous the utopian concept has become.

1. Bob Lamey’s controversial transition into retirement is having a domino effect. ...“Last night WISH-TV severed ties with me after former sports broadcaster Bob Lamey apparently inaccurately attributed a racial slur to me during an interview in the early 80’s,” ... Daly issued his own apology, while also offering an explanation for why he didn’t understand the ramifications of using the slur at the time.
“When I used that phrase in the early 80’s, I had no idea that in this country that phrase had a horribly different meaning and connotation, as it was commonplace in Ireland. After moving to the United States, I quickly learned what a derogatory term it was,” Daly said. “When I was first informed of this, I was mortified at the offense I might have caused people. I have therefore never used the word since. I made this mistake once, but never again. …
“I want everyone to know I deeply regret and sincerely apologize for what I said more than three decades ago.”

The Progressive utopia is nothing more than a prototypical Socialist, Marxist, Communist oppressive dictatorship by another name. A failure, once again.